Infant vaccination coverage in 2005 and predictive factors for complete or valid vaccination in Flanders, Belgium: an EPI-survey

To assess changes in infant vaccination coverage in Flanders since 1999, an EPI-survey was performed in 2005. The parents of 1354 children aged 18-24 months were interviewed at home and the vaccination documents were checked. Several factors possibly related to vaccination status were examined with parametric and non-parametric methods. The coverage rate of recommended vaccines, i.e. poliomyelitis, tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis, H. influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and meningococcal C, reached at least 92.2%, which is a significant rise for MMR, hepatitis B and H... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Theeten, Heidi
HENS, Niel
Vandermeulen, Corinne
Depoorter, Anne-Marie
Roelants, Mathieu
AERTS, Marc
Hoppenbrouwers, Karel
Van Damme, Pierre
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Verlag/Hrsg.: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Schlagwörter: vaccine coverage / risk factors / infants
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29058385
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/1942/4036

To assess changes in infant vaccination coverage in Flanders since 1999, an EPI-survey was performed in 2005. The parents of 1354 children aged 18-24 months were interviewed at home and the vaccination documents were checked. Several factors possibly related to vaccination status were examined with parametric and non-parametric methods. The coverage rate of recommended vaccines, i.e. poliomyelitis, tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis, H. influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and meningococcal C, reached at least 92.2%, which is a significant rise for MMR, hepatitis B and Hib since 1999. The vaccinating physician, the employment situation of the mother and the family income were significant predictive factors for having received all recommended vaccine doses (complete schedule), also when considering only doses that were according to minimal age and interval criteria (valid schedule). (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.